Combined table and ironing-board.



' R. H. RELINGHAUS. COMBINED TABLE AND IRONING BOARIL .urmoumn FILED D30. 24, 1908.

Patented Au 10, 190.9.

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R. H. RBLINGHAUS.

COMBINED.v TABLE AND IRONING BOARD.

I APPLICATION TILED D30. 24, 1908. 930,884. Patented Aug. 10, 1909.-

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Serial No. 469,1;74.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. December 24, 1908.

its top 1 and into and out of a centrally-arranged, opening 9 in one of the end bars 3.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RoBEnT HUGo REL- INGHAUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wayne, in the county of Wayne and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Table and Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is a combined kitchen orv household table and ironing-board and consists of the novel construction and cornbina tion of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical folding ironing-board. which, when not in use, may be arranged in the unused space beneath the top of an ordi nary table, improved means being provided for guiding the board in its sliding movement and fastening the same in either its folded or set up position.

The above and other objects of the invention are attained in its preferred embodi-' ment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through the combined table and ironingboard showing the latter extended or set up for use; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is an enlarged bottom plan view showing the ironing-board in its folded position, the legs of the table removed and portions of the table drawer and its guides being broken away; Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the ironing-board with its legs for supporting its outer end in their folded position.

In the drawings 1 denotes the top of an oror household table, said top being arranged upon a rectangular frame consisting of side bars 2 united to end bars 3 by dovetail joints, as shown at 4 in Fig. 3. This table is supported by four legs 5, the upper ends of which have angular recesses to receive the corners of the frame to. which they are suitably secured.

6 denotes a sliding drawer arranged to pro-v ject through an opening in one of the side bars 2 and supported by grooved guiding and supporting bars 7 arranged in the bottom portion of the frame between the side bars 2.

The improved ironing-board 8 is arranged to slide longitudinally of the table beneath gular form and has secured upon its inner end a cross head or bar 10, the ends of which project beyond the side edges of the ironingboard and are apertured to receive two guide rods 11 arranged in parallel relation beneath the table top 1 and between the end are 3. I

The outer or free end of the ironing-board,

when the latter is drawn out of the table, is adapted to be supported by a pair of legs 12 adapted to fold into longitudinal recesses 13 formed in the opposite side edges of the ironing-board. Said legs 12 are connected at one end by hinges 14 to the outer ends of the recesses 13 and their other or free ends are connected by a cross bar 15 which, when the legs are folded up into the recesses 13 or in the plane of the ironing-board, is adapted to enter a transverse recess or seat 16 formed in the under face of the ironing-board.

For the purpose of fastening the ironingboard in either its folded position, shown in Fig. 3, or its extended operative position, shownin Figs. 1 and 2, a catch 17 is arranged upon the end bar 3 of the'table and adapted to enter either one of two keeper seats 18, 19 formed in the under face of the ironingboard. Said seats are in the form of recesses and they are covered by apertured metal wear plates 20 which serve to prevent wear on the wood from which the ironing-board is constructed. The catch 17 is in the form of a bolt slidably mounted in a casing 21 and having at its upper end a beveled head 22 to enter the seats or recesses 18, 19. A coil within the casing 21 is adapted to project the bolt and it may be retracted by a finger piece 24 projecting from it and through a vertical slot in the end bar 3 of the table, as shown in Fig. 1.

v The ironing-board may be of any form and construction but, as illustrated, its up er surface is covered with fabric 26 or any 0t er suitable covering and adjacent its inner end is a recess 27 containing a woven wire covering or bottom 28 upon which ahot iron may be supported. Upon the under face of the ironi11g board at its outer end is formed a ger recess 29 by means of which the board meg be readilygrasped and pulled out of the ta e.

Saidironing-board is of substantiallyrectanspring 23 surrounding the bolt and arranged" when extended, a cross bar conboard, whereby said le s may fold into said recesses and lie in the plane of the board and 5 the cross bar connecting said legs may enter the transverse groove in the bottom of the board, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my 2 signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT HUGO RELINGHAUS.

Witnesses HENRY LEY, HERMAN LUNDBERG. 

